InterfaceError: Unable to acquire Oracle environment handle; ORACLE_HOME is correct and SQL*Plus will connect

Question

I\'m getting the standard \"DLL load failed; module not found\" error when trying to import cx_Oracle. I have the proper instant client installed, the paths are all correct

Answer 1

I recall having to mess with this a lot to get it to work. In my .bash_profile on a system running Oracle XE, I have:

export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server
export SID=XE
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin